Selfportrait
Graphite on 12X12 arches satin finish.
Approx. 50 hours of work

2nd serious attempt at graphite.
Foreground done in soft pencils, and hard in the background so both grounds don`t compete. I tied the piece together with a flat-ribbon like motif entwining the symbol of the goddess, and my totem animal. Few things that have meaning to me.
Again, intentionally flat.

I didn`t do my hair with the softest led because it would make my face look too white in contrast. So I decided to fade it off and make stars in it. I think it compliments the themes better. I used a strange angle for the face instead of the conventional straight on or profile ones.

Themes of spirituality and animal totemism present in the piece. I portrayed myself as some sort of mysitc, witch-like being.

I had fun with this
One last self portrait to go for the semester!
Then a new sekhmet ref..and enough of me and lions for awhile